During our Fort Lauderdale FL trip, we spent a few hours checking out Butterfly World in Coconut Creek. It was a less than 30 minute drive from our hotel in Coconut Creek, and close to the area where we planned to spend the afternoon. Butterfly World looked like a typical Florida tourist trap in some of the advertisements we read, but fortunately we dug a little deeper in internet research and took a chance on it. While it is a relatively small place, they have a fantastic variety of butterflies, birds, flowering plants and trees, and other beautiful things to see and photograph.

Bird in Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Fort Lauderdale FL

We went on a weekday during December, so the crowd was relatively sparse early in the morning. Also, a tip for photographers, in the morning the butterflies are relatively calm as they are sitting around with their wings spread, soaking up energy from the sunlight. A couple of hours later, more toward lunchtime, we made a second swing through the butterfly house and they were all flying around actively as you would expect butterflies to do. The morning hours were a much better time to catch some photographs, although it is also very impressive to see them all flying around.

Butterfly at Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Fort Lauderdale

Butterfly World is toward the higher end of the price range for similar tourist activities in Fort Lauderdale. When we visited they were charging $30 per adult, and $22 for children. We still thought it was worth the cost for a very well managed, clean, and beautiful place to spend a few hours.

Loud Red Parrot at Butterfly World, Creek FL

Here’s a link to the Butterfly World website: Butterfly World